was unwilling to commit the central government troops to what he considered a low priority affair . he was now focused on delivering the final blow against the song ; the emperor ordered the yunnan provincial army to secure the border ##lands in order to block the escape path of the song refugees . he also sanctioned a limited border war if pagan contested the takeover . as planned , the yunnan army proceeded to consolidate the border ##lands in 127 ##5 – 76 . ( elsewhere , the main mongol armies had captured most of the song territory by 127 ##6 . ) by 127 ##7 , at least one burmese vassal state named " gold teeth " ( modern ying ##jiang ) had submitted to the
was unwilling to commit the central government troops to what he considered a low priority affair. he was now focused on delivering the final blow against the song ; the emperor ordered the yunnan provincial army to secure the borderlands in order to block the escape path of the song refugees. he also sanctioned a limited border war if pagan contested the takeover. as planned, the yunnan army proceeded to consolidate the borderlands in 1275 – 76. ( elsewhere, the main mongol armies had captured most of the song territory by 1276. ) by 1277, at least one burmese vassal state named " gold teeth " ( modern yingjiang ) had submitted to the